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76 Jurist 115 (2016)
A First Approach to the Reform of the Process for the Declaration of Nullity of Marriage

handle is hein.journals/juristcu76 and id is 121 raw text is: THE JURIST 76(2016) 115-136 FRANS DAN EELS, O.PRAEM.* A First Approach to the Reform of the Process for the Declaration of Nullity of Marriage** i. Introduction On August 15, 2015 Pope Francis put his signature to new norms reform- ing the process for the declaration of the nullity of a marriage. The motu proprio Mitis ludex Dominus lesus for the Latin Church and the distinct motu proprio for the Oriental Catholic Churches were made public on 8 September 2015 and came into force on December 8, 2015. The following exposition concerns only the motu proprio for the Latin Church, but the one for the Oriental Churches is very similar to it. After a short preliminary part that concerns especially the state and activity of ecclesiastical tribunals in the world, there follows a brief pre- sentation of the motu proprio, and in the third part I will consider more closely the intention behind the reform and some of its key points, com- paring them with the Final Report of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of 2014. It should be clear, however, that it is too early for an in-depth study of the matter. Hence I consider my exposition only a first approach. * Archbishop-Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Vatican City. ** Revised text of a lecture given on February 26, 2ol6 at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven.

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